Skymark Dr. traffic on the move again
It’s smooth sailing for traffic on Skymark Dr., after materials needed for a water main job were moved out of the curb lane.
On Feb. 18, we reported on traffic backups near the point where Skymark meets Finch Ave. E., just east of Don Mills Rd., because the curb lane was filled with stuff needed for water-main replacement on Finch Ave.
The lane had been co-opted as a storage site for the materials, forcing drivers who wanted to turn right onto Finch Ave. to line up in the lane used by traffic for left turns. It caused traffic snarls all the way back to the exit from the Skymark Place Shopping Centre, where vehicles had to queue up to get out at busy times, due to the long lineup on the street.
The contractor in charge of the project had planned to use the curb lane as a storage area until June, but the plan changed within a week of our column, after the city intervened and ordered the contractor to move it.
Our Feb. 21column was about a missing section of sidewalk on the east side of Morningside Ave., north of Milner Ave., that forced pedestrians to slog through mud or tiptoe along the curb, inches away from speeding traffic.
Trevor Tenn, who’s in charge of road operations in that area, sent us a note saying, “this section of sidewalk, includ- ing a larger section from Milner to Hwy. 401, is scheduled (to be rebuilt) in 2018, in conjunction with the road work on Morningside.
“After reviewing the concern raised by (a resident in our column), we will schedule the section identified in your photo (approx. 35 metres) to be done in 2016.”
Last Tuesday, we wrote about a derelict communications equipment cabinet, rusty and covered with graffiti, right next to a transit shelter that looks ready to fall down, on Bathurst St., just south of St. Clair Ave. W.
We couldn’t find anything on the metal cabinet to identify the owner (and no doubt by design), so we asked the city if it could figure it out, and persuade them to get rid of it.
Transportation services said the cabinet belongs to Rogers Communications, and will be replaced or removed soon.
Ryan Lanyon, who’s in charge of city street furniture, says the TTC stop at the shelter will be taken out of service later this year, and that the shelter will also be removed. What’s broken in your neighbourhood? Wherever you are in Greater Toronto, we want to know. To contact us, go to thestar.com/yourtoronto/the_fixer or call us at 416-869-4823 email jlakey@thestar.ca. To read our blog, go to thestar.com/news/ the_fixer. Report problems and follow us on Twitter @TOStarFixer.